Inflight Update

Sunday, July 17, 2011

12:02 PM

Location: On an airplane somewhere over the ocean on the way to Santo Domingo, DR

Chris Wages, Kevin Dodson, and I (Philip Tuttle) have embarked on an adventure. With very little planning, the three of us boarded a plane and are now flying down to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where we will be joining former Wesleyan baseball coach Mike Shaheen and his family for eleven days of ministry through the game of baseball. Last summer, I had the chance to go to the DR for about a week with my baseball team from Wheaton. I had an incredible experience at the SCORE International complex, but in hindsight I wish that I had chronicled the adventures hence the reason I am writing this blog.

There is nothing special about Chris, Kevin, and I. We do, however, have a few things in common. We share a common love for the Lord and baseball. All three of us played high school ball together at Providence, but that seems like forever ago to be honest. So much has changed. Life is crazy now. That is why I am so thrilled to take two weeks out of a busy summer and consecrate them completely to whatever God wants to do with them. There are no set plans. Here is what we know going in:

We will be staying with the Shaheen family at their house.

An FCA baseball group might be staying at the complex during our visit.

We will get to visit some sugar cane villages and learn from and minister with the people there.

We will play some baseball everyday.

These plans are vague and seem open ended, and that’s because they are. I am so excited to see what God will do if we dedicate each day to his will. I am not foolish enough to think that we are going down here to “minister to the people of the Dominican Republic.” I plan on learning from the people we meet down here and I hope that God uses the three of us in some sort of way to make an impact for His Kingdom. We are just three college guys who love God and baseball. I will try and update again at the end of our first day or after our second day. Stay tuned to see what God may do with this visit.